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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Sixstring on 09 December 2010, 16:52:03

Title: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: Sixstring on 09 December 2010, 16:52:03

Its about that time again..........................heater "packs up", and after agood drain, flush out heater matrix, a drop of vinegar and caustic soda (very weak)  later, a bit of crap comes out of the matrix and block, refill, add 50% antifreeze, top up, bleed air out, all good again for a year.

WHY?


getting a bit fed up now, does it every Dec, then ok for a whole year afterwards.


Somebody put me out of my misery and tell me whats going on?


T.I.A, :-? :-? :-?   
Mike.

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: freecall666 on 09 December 2010, 19:14:28

I dont know if the 3.0L has a fuel heater but just found that - that was the problem with mine cloged up, must of sent the muck round to the heater may find also find the pipe cloged as well, hope this help you. :) :y

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: feeutfo on 09 December 2010, 19:22:26

has it had oil cooler failure in the past?

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: Abiton on 09 December 2010, 19:29:36

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I dont know if the 3.0L has a fuel heater but just found that - that was the problem with mine cloged up, must of sent the muck round to the heater may find also find the pipe cloged as well, hope this help you. :) :y

What's one of them then?

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: freecall666 on 09 December 2010, 19:36:04

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I dont know if the 3.0L has a fuel heater but just found that - that was the problem with mine cloged up, must of sent the muck round to the heater may find also find the pipe cloged as well, hope this help you. :) :y

What's one of them then?

two small pipe's at back of air intake. about 1 inch big water gose in and just comes out.

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: Abiton on 09 December 2010, 19:43:38

Throttle body heating? No fuel in there.

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: Jimbob on 10 December 2010, 08:06:44

my old mv6 did the same.....I blamed the fact it lived on radweld for so long

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: Sixstring on 10 December 2010, 08:40:43

Thanks fellas, you MIGHT just have cracked it there..................when I first bought the car, the radiator was "goosed" and lived on "radweld " for a while.....................



See, I knew somebody would know!

I love this forum................................................ ;D

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: Jimbob on 10 December 2010, 09:04:12

I reckon so, had to flush mine about twice a winter to keep warmth, and never warmed up very fast.

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: mark.adams on 11 December 2010, 10:59:10

Radweld is evil.
Somebody should invent something that disperses radweld permanently.
I hear that central heating flush does a fairly decent job.

Title: Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
Post by: feeutfo on 11 December 2010, 11:04:51

Makers should also make an antidote of some sort. But usually one bottle of rad weld weld per system is the limit, any more and it will bung up.